Buggy-boot



NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB J. BEHLEN AND CHARLES A. BEHLEN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BUGGY-BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379,043, dated March 6, 1888.

Application filed October 6, 1887. Serial No. 251,568. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JACOB J. ABEHLEN and CHARLES A. BEHLEN, citizens of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buggy-Boots, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a buggy-boot which is simple in construction, cheap and durable, and which when, applied to a vehicle adds much to the finish and beauty thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of our application, Figure 1 is a view of a buggy-body showing our boot attached and in position. Fig. 2 is a crosssection taken through a portion of the rear end of the buggybody, and shows the iron frame of our boot, the covering being removed; showing. also, the flexible clamps or fingers which hold the boot in position. Fig. 3 and the remaining eight figures are end sectional views, each showing a different formv of the metal frame on which the boot-covering is held.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the letter A represents the buggy-body; B, the boot proper and as a whole; C, the boot-frame; D, the leather covering,while E represents the flexible fingers or clamps which engage with the end or'sides of the body and keep the boot firmly in place.

Either form of metal frame which is shown in the drawings can be used, as taste or circumstances dictate. It will be noticed that some of these frames, at either their inner or outer sides, or both, but principally their outer, are rounded and angular, so that they can overlap and cover the sides of the vehicle-body; 40 but they may simply be angular, as seen in Fig. 10, though the principal point to be observed is to have the sides of these frames so constructed as thata purchase may be obtained on the body of the vehicle and the boot held in p0sitionnot liable to be disturbed by the jolting which ordinarily takes place.

Our buggy-boots are constructed as follows: Having secured such shape of frame as is desirable and of the proper size, we cover it with any suitable materialsuch as patent-leather or ordinary carriage-leathertakingcare,however, to press it snugly and rigidly around the frame, and stitching it about as indicated in Fig. 1. This is all that need be done; and by using such a boot, constructed as is herein shown and described, we secure strength and durability, as well as adding to the beauty and finish of the vehicle, without increasing the cost.

We claim, therefore- 1. The frame C, and covering D, properly secured thereon, in combination with flexible fingers or clamps E, attached to the under side of the boot, and which are capable of embracing both exterior and interior sides of the body, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes noted.

2. In a buggy-boot, a covering, as D, of any suitable material, properly attached to and supported on a frame, as C,wh0se edges are integral therewith and capable of overlapping the edges of body A, incombination with flexible fingers E, embracing both inner and outer sides of the body, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes specified.

JACOB J. BEHLEN.

. CHAS. A. BEHLEN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES LEHMER, O. ALBERTZART. 

